Steven decided to remove the decking on the kitchen floor – it seems to be redwood and very valuable. He will use part of it to replace damaged pieces in the open porch.
Steven crawled under the joists to attach 1/4” plywood from our stash. It was hard work and a strain on his body. I could then install insulation using leftovers we had, insulation from friends and pieces of rigid foam.
Because of concern for rain, we kept the floor covered with a tarp.
Decking had been rotten from dripping water.
We removed the aluminum storm windows on the west side of the north porch and framed for the new window coming from Steven’s stash. We removed the siding in order to add studs for support. Then we removed the short wall extending out from the north porch. We are preparing for the installation of the LVL. One end will be in the corner of the north porch.
It was time to start redoing the kitchen porch.
Using fabric purchased at Goodwill, I created cushions for the wicker chairs. Two different patterns of similar colors.
I wanted to paint the living room storms and windows so I did some cleanup and moved the worktable away from the windows. A new pathway was created closer to the windows.
The storms are standing and ready to be painted.
The original porch had a slanted wall that we decided to remove and make the open porch larger. We first had to clear space inside the porch so we could move the wall back. I then framed the wall and built in the door frame. Steven came to help me attach the door and we discovered the door was larger than the frame! Steven spent the next day enlarging the door frame and attaching the door. I then removed the old wall. I could then install trim around the living room window and install cedar siding on the right wall. The wall on the left side had siding that had been painted dark blue – it is now Hawaiian Shell pink like the rest of the house.
While Steven was under the porch, I rearranged the windows and door stored there and then removed the car siding on the ceiling and on the south wall. Needless to say, 80 or so years of dirt fell on my head (I was wearing goggles, mask, and a big brimmed hat. When I was finished, my hand were black with dirt.
We decided to raise the corner of the kitchen porch. First the jacks wouldn’t work, Steven finally found two that would work and went under the porch and discovered a rim joist was cracked and sagging. He had to jack that split up and sister a 2×8 board to it. He then was able to raise the corner 1 1/2″.
